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State v. Jackson

Citations

  • 137 Wash. 2d 712
  • 976 P.2d 1229
  • 1999 Wash. LEXIS 197

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  • where legislature uses certain statutory language in one instance and different language in another, there is a difference in legislative intent
  • Failure to act does not establish complicity. This remains true even if the person had a duty to act. For example a person's failure to protect his or her child from assault does not make the person an accomplice in that assault.

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Judges: Alexander, Talmadge

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